Regional weather survey on byers peninsula, livingston island, south shetland islands, antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 146-156

  Bañón, Manuel ^a   Justel, Ana ^b   Velázquez, David ^b   Quesada, Antonio ^b  

^a AEMET ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

climatology; global change; LIMNOPOLAR; meteorology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL CHANGE; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SNOW COVER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANTARCTICA; BYERS PENINSULA; DECEPTION ISLAND; LIVINGSTON ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

EID: 84875431492     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102012001046     Document Type: Article

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